H. C. L. Miners' Demand. London, October 23
At the Miners' Conference Mr. Barker, a prominent South Wales delegate, urged that the Trade Union Congress should send an ultimatum to the Government threatening a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1919
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Mining Disaster Several Killed and Entombed
London, Wednesday Evening.—It is feared that 40 miners have lost their lives, and many have been injured in the Levant Mine, near Penzance, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Federation. Cost of Living Considered. Prevention of Export
During the last three days the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has been in conference in Sydney. Consideration has been given to a number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Mechanics. Conference with Proprietors Desired
The refusal of the Colliery Proprietors' Association to alter the working conditions or classification of employees now existing at the collieries in the northern district has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Coal Miners. Great Strike Rending. Vancouver, October 27
Mr. John Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, has circularised miners to stop work next Friday night. He said that the strike would last until the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics. Weston Decision Supported by Newcastle Men
The decision of the aggregate meeting of colliery mechanics at Weston yesterday to demand another conference from the proprietors was almost unanimous. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nationalisation of Mines Labour Support. London, October 28
The Miner's Federation's campaign in favour of nationalisation of coal mines, was welcomed at a huge meeting in Manchester. Mr. Hodges in a speech said the steelworkers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hidden Notes and Gold. Nurse's Fire Loss
While Nurse Cleland's weatherboard cottage, in Glover-street, Mosman, was ablaze late on Monday night, one of the occupants informed the firemen that £110 was hidden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Coal Miners. Threatened Strike. Government Attitude. VANCOUVER, October 27
From Wall Street the consensus of opinion in banking circles that there will be no coal strike or industrial strike was fairly strong to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letter to the Editor. Colliery Mechanics Association
Sir,—In reply to Mr. Morton, I may say that four levies of 3/9 have been struck to pay certain legal expenses, but that no such levies can be enforced in any court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Grievances. Adjusted Satisfactorily at Conference
Although the conference between the mine-owners and the employees held in Newcastle on Monday and Tuesday was not open to the press, it transpires that a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wellington Wharfies. Work Stopped. Oversea Coal Not Handled
The long-gathering industrial storm appears to have broken at last, though a possibility still exists that a settlement may be reached peacefully…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Proprietors will Meet Mechanics
Mr. C. Morton, Secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Union, this morning received the following reply to the Union's demand for an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Mechanics. Conference Next Week
The secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Association received a reply to-day from the secretary of the Colliery Proprietors' Association in Sydney in answer to his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rich Gold in Wales. Found in Famed Welsh Mine
During mining operations at the famous [?] geld mines. Bontddn near [?] workmen came across a rich vein of gold Great developments are expected from this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Mine Explosion. Twenty Men Dead. Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Washington, Thursday Night
At Stoubenville, Ohio, twenty men were killed in a coal mine explosion and fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big American Strike Half-million Coal Miners. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Washington, Thursday Night
Half a million bituminous coalminers are about to strike, owing to the refusal of the mineowners to consider a wage increase…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Mechanics. Conference with Proprietors Desired
The refusal of the Colliery Proprietors or Association to alter the working conditions or classification of employees now existing at the collieries in the northern district has…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Determined Miners. London, October 23
The Miners' Conference is in a militant mood. Mr. Smillie, who Presided, announced plans for a general propaganda campaign for the nationalisation of mines, adding that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Mechanics. Weston Decision Supported by Newcastle Men
The decision of the aggregate mooting of colliery mechanics at Weston on Monday to demand another conference from the proprietors was almost unanimous. A…
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